A Word from THE WORD

Good Morning Happy Church,

Today is Tuesday, April 12^th, 2016. Today is the 103^rd Day of 2016.

TODAY IS CASSANDRA ADAMS’ BIRTHDAY

There are only 263 days left in this year; and, Our Spring Revival Meetings CONCLUDE Tonight at 7pm!

Please clear your schedule to attend this meeting if possible.

As I often say, “The two things you have to invest to be blessed are your Attendance and your Attention!”

Please be in prayer for Dr. Bobby and Sandra Boyles as they travel back on Wednesday.

Pray that God will pour out HIS SPIRIT on us as never before!

Pray for the salvation of the lost; repentance and renewal in the life of God’s people; new people to become part of our Church Family; the calling out of ministers and missionaries; a spiritual awakening in our area; and, for Jesus Christ to be glorified in all that we do!

BIG WORDS “Predestination”

On many occasions in my ministry, I have heard someone say, “I don’t believe in predestination.”

No one has ever answered that better than R.C. Sproul who said, “You have to believe something about predestination; the doctrine is clearly seen in multiple passages of Scripture and the word itself is found in four places in the New Testament.”

(Acts 4:28; Romans 8:29, 30; Ephesians 1:5, 11)

God clearly, clearly, clearly predestined us before the foundation of the world.

Ephesians 1:3-6
³ “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,
⁴ even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love
⁵ he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,
⁶ to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.”

There is no question that we have been predestined; the question is, what exactly does that mean?

I am glad you asked…

“Predestined” is the Greek Word “proorizo.”

It would be pronounced “pro-rid-zo” and is a typical compound verb putting together two simple words…

“pro” which means “before” and “horizo” which means “boundary.” (Of course, horizo is where we get the English word “horizon.”)

It simply means to “determine, or set, a boundary before something.”

That “something” is explained in Ephesians 1:4 as being “before the foundation of the world.”

SO, “before the foundation of the world” God set up the boundary of our life. This is made clear (even more clear than the Greek) by the word, “predestine” which means to “pre-determine a destination.”

By the wonderful grace of God, HE has determined before the foundation of the world to choose, call, save, sanctify, and glorify a people for HIMSELF.

Knowing that we are among those people; who the Bible calls, “His Sheep” “His People” “His Elect” and “His Bride” is a cause for a lifetime of humility, thanksgiving, and praise.

We certainly can know that we are among HIS Sheep, but we cannot know who is also among HIS people but have NOT YET come to faith.

OUR WORK is to share the Good News of the Gospel with everyone everywhere knowing that among those with whom we share some will surely be saved.

God will surely do HIS work… the question is (of course) will we do ours?

I am praying for personal and Church-wide revival. I am praying that you will be part of what God is going to do.

I hope that you will sacrifice whatever it takes to be present at every service.

As Pastor Tom Rains, one of my dearest friends, loves to say… “I hope to see you there with a smile on your face, your Bible in your hand, and your family and friends by your side.”

REMEMBER: Our Revival Meetings conclude TONIGHT at 7:00pm!

Revival CAN happen, it really CAN happen!

Will we really have revival?

Will you?

Carpe Diem!